Job Description
About the position
- Responsibilities
- Utilize strategic, analytical, and creative thinking to help promote policy issues on family caregiving, broadband, fraud prevention, and financial security.
- Engage in communications strategies and tactics to advance these issues and organize the events as part of these efforts.
- Research policy issues, participate in team meetings and strategy discussions, collaborate in communications tactics, and engage in a support role for various remote and in-person events.
- Support State staff and volunteers with the execution of events, virtual meetings, written and oral communications, social media, and other skills necessary to engage West Virginia residents and stakeholders effectively.
- Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a degree program at an accredited college or university.
- Considered a rising undergraduate junior or senior, graduate student, or post-doctoral student, and remain academically enrolled throughout the internship.
- Pursuing a degree in communications, marketing, journalism, or related fields.
- Must be a self-starter and adaptable to work under tight deadlines.
- Ability to manage multiple projects, anticipate project needs, and discern work priorities.
- Ability to work well with diverse populations, including gender, race, and sexual orientation.
- Technical proficiency in Microsoft Office programs.
- Familiarity with creating and editing videos and knowledge of multiple social media platforms is a plus.
- Nice-to-haves
- Preference will be given to students located in the Kanawha Valley.
- Benefits
- Hourly range is $18 for undergraduates, $21 for graduate students, $28 for Ph.D. candidates.
- Internships are non-exempt positions and are not eligible for employee benefits.
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